Australia and New Zealand in 1979

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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026

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AFLVFL

Carlton

def. Collingwood, 82-77

NRLNSWRL

St George

def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 17-13

CricketThe Ashes

England

def. Australia, 1-5

The year, month by month

January

February

  • CricketWorld Series CricketWorld XI
    Season
    1978-79
    Date
    4 Feb
    Note
    Supertests (final)
  • CricketThe AshesEngland def. Australia, 1-5
    Runner-up
    Australia
    Date
    10 Feb
    Note
    Series in Australia; date is the start of the last Test

March

Apr to Jun: nothing in this view

July

  • Rugby unionBledisloe CupAustralia def. New Zealand, 1-0
    Runner-up
    New Zealand
    Date
    28 Jul
    Note
    Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first

August

  • BasketballNBLSouthern Melbourne Saints def. Canberra Cannons
    Season
    1979
    Runner-up
    Canberra Cannons

September

  • NRLNSWRLSt George def. Canterbury-Bankstown, 17-13
    Runner-up
    Canterbury-Bankstown
    Venue
    S.C.G.
    Date
    22 Sep
  • AFLVFLCarlton def. Collingwood, 82-77
    Runner-up
    Collingwood
    Venue
    M.C.G.
    Date
    29 Sep

October

  • Rugby unionNPCCounties def. Auckland
    Runner-up
    Auckland
    Note
    Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final

Nov to Dec: nothing in this view

Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.

National teamsWins-draws-losses

Australia

  • Men's rugby union2-0-3

    Beat New Zealand

  • Men's football0-0-1
  • Men's basketball3-0-0

    Beat New Zealand

  • Women's basketball4-0-3

    Beat Japan

  • Men's cricket

    Test 2-5-7 · ODI 5-0-7

New Zealand

  • Men's rugby union3-0-2

    Beat France

  • Men's football5-0-0

    Beat Australia

  • Men's basketball0-0-3
  • Men's cricket

    Test 0-2-1 · ODI 2-0-2

Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.

Year in perspective

The Line

Carlton AFL

Top club on the Line, 1688

City of the year

  • Melbourne3
  • Sydney1
Titles by metro
  • Melbourne: NBL, Sheffield Shield, VFL
  • Sydney: NSWRL

Since 1897, to 1979: Sydney 107, Melbourne 99

Trans-Tasman

Australia 5, New Zealand 1

By sport
  • Basketball, men: Australia 3, New Zealand 0
  • Football, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 1
  • Rugby union, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
  • Volleyball, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 0

This year in history

  • The NBL began in 1979.
  • World Series Cricket, an unofficial series, played Supertests in 1978-79.